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Cantillon (brewery)

Coordinates:50°50′30″N4°20′07″E/ 50.8418°N 4.3353°E/50.8418; 4.3353
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Cantillon Brewery
IndustryAlcoholic beverage
Founded1900;124 years ago(1900)
FounderPaul Cantillon
Marie Troch
Headquarters
Anderlecht,Brussels
,
Belgium
ProductsBeer
OwnerJean-Pierre van Roy
Websitewww.cantillon.be

Brasserie-Brouwerij Cantillon( "Brewery Cantillon" ) is a smallBelgiantraditional familybrewerybased inAnderlecht,Brussels.Cantillon was founded in 1900 and exclusively brewslambicbeers.

Overview

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The brewery was founded in 1900 by Paul Cantillon, whose father was also abrewer,and his wife, Marie Troch.[1]As of 2011,the owner is Jean-Pierre van Roy, the fourth-generation brewer at Cantillon.[2]Since launch, the only major change has been a shift toorganicingredients in 1999.[3]Cantillon was one of more than one hundred operating breweries in Brussels when founded, and was the only one to remain operational through the 2000s.[1][4]In 2014, van Roy announced that the brewery would be acquiring more maturation space, effectively doubling production by 2016–17.[5]

Cantillon produces 400,000 bottles of beer a year.[6]

Beers

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Gueuzebeer

In the traditional lambic style, beers, with amash billof 2/3maltedbarleyand 1/3 unmaltedwheat,[1]arespontaneously fermentedin open topped attic mounted vats calledcoolships,aged inoakorchestnut,blended (from different batches and ages), bottled, and then bottle conditioned for a year. Half of the brewery's production isgueuze;once a year a batch ofkriekis made.[3]For fruit-flavored beers, empty casks are filled with various fruits and macerated for three months to dissolve the fruits; young lambic is added to supply sugar for fermentation.

  • Blåbær -bilberry(made every year for a bottle shop in Denmark)
  • Cuvée Saint Gilloise - This is not a traditional gueuze, in that it is made from only two-year-old lambic, not from a blend of old and young beers. It is alsodry-hoppedin the cask for three weeks with freshStyrian Golding hops.Re-fermentation in the bottle is achieved with the addition of a small amount of candy sugar.
  • Fou' Foune -apricot[3]
  • Grand Cru Bruocsella - unblended lambic aged for three years, and refermented withliqueur d'expedition[3]
  • Gueuze[3]
  • Iris - 100% palebarleymaltbeer with half fresh hops aged for two years and then dry-hopped[3]withHallertau hops[1][3]
  • Kriek - lambic made with cherries[3]
  • Lou Pepe Gueuze - blended from beers of the same age, thus not a strictly authentic gueuze[3]
  • Lou Pepe Kriek - with more fruit (cherries)[3]
  • Lou Pepe Framboise - with more fruit (raspberries)[3]
  • Magic Lambic - 80% Lou Pepe Framboise and 20% blueberry lambic with vanilla[7]
  • Mamouche -elderflower
  • Nath - brewed withrhubarb
  • Rosé de Gambrinus -framboise[3]
  • Saint Lamvinus -MerlotandCabernet Francgrapes[3]
  • Soleil de Minuit -cloudberry(made in 1999 and in 2013)
  • Vigneronne -Muscatgrapes[3]

Gueuze Museum

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Cantillon Brewerymash tun,part of the gueuze museum

The brewery also houses the Gueuze Museum.[8]Patricia Schultz listed the brewery and its museum in1,000 Places to See Before You Die.[9]

References

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  1. ^abcdMcFarland, Ben (2009).World's Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass.Sterling. pp. 100–101.ISBN9781402766947.Retrieved27 May2012.
  2. ^Koch, Greg; Allyn, Matt (2011).The Brewer's Apprentice: An Insider's Guide to the Art and Craft of Beer Brewing, Taught by the Masters.Quarry Books. pp. 272–84.ISBN9781610581592.Retrieved27 May2012.
  3. ^abcdefghijklmnOliver, Garrett; Colicchio, Tom (2011).The Oxford Companion to Beer.Oxford UP. pp. 216–17.ISBN9780195367133.Retrieved27 May2012.
  4. ^Stange, Joe (7 December 2010)."Brasserie de la Senne Versus the Universe".Draft.Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2016.Retrieved29 January2015.
  5. ^Nason, Adam (August 2014)."Cantillon to double production with help of new building".BeerPulse.Beer Pulse.Retrieved22 January2015.
  6. ^Boffey, Daniel (10 September 2018)."One of world's oldest beer varieties 'at risk from climate change'".The Guardian.Retrieved9 March2020.
  7. ^"Cantillon Magic Lambic".lambic.info.Retrieved30 May2019.
  8. ^Brussels Gueuze MuseumArchived4 March 2012 at theWayback Machine,europe-cities.
  9. ^Schultz, Patricia (2011).1,000 Places to See Before You Die, the second edition.Workman. p. 92.ISBN9780761168713.Retrieved27 May2012.
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